What is it about?
This case of sudden death in a 13-year-old female Persian cat with a primary cardiomyopathy, presented a left ventricular apical aneurysm within an area of marked myocardial fibrosis and cardiomyocyte atrophy. Similar events have occurred in human beings with cardiomyopathy. This is the first case of left ventricular apical aneurysm in a cat.
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Why is it important?
The condition is equivalent with cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in humans
Perspectives
Empirical experience related with comparative pathology deserves attention
Rafael Ramírez-Romero
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
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This page is a summary of: Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm in a Cat With Primary Cardiomyopathy, Veterinary Pathology, March 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0300985816671378.
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